Mark Lawrence Wolf
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Mark Lawrence Wolf was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1946 · age 80
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1968 · Harvard Law School 1971
- Succeeded by
- Indira Talwani
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Massachusetts | Reagan (R) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Yale University | B.A. | 1968 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wolf was assigned 5,111 district-court cases (1979–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 347 days across 5,091 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 122 of Wolf’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 106 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 2 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Wolf authored 225 published opinions for the court (1985–2011). Most cited: United States v. Sampson (76 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | United States v. Sampson | 335 F. Supp. 2d 166 | 76 |
| 1999 | United States v. Salemme | 91 F. Supp. 2d 141 | 66 |
| 1990 | Logan Equipment Corp. v. Simon Aerials, Inc. | 736 F. Supp. 1188 | 55 |
| 2008 | Pettengill v. Curtis | 584 F. Supp. 2d 348 | 51 |
| 1998 | Sebago, Inc. v. Beazer East, Inc. | 18 F. Supp. 2d 70 | 51 |
| 1989 | United States v. Cannons Engineering Corp. | 720 F. Supp. 1027 | 51 |
| 1988 | United States Ex Rel. LaValley v. First National Bank of Boston | 707 F. Supp. 1351 | 41 |
| 1989 | First Software Corp. Ex Rel. Disbursing Agent v. Computer Associates International, Inc. (In Re First Software Corp.) | 107 B.R. 417 | 30 |
| 2005 | Ferrara v. United States | 384 F. Supp. 2d 384 | 29 |
| 2002 | Kosilek v. Maloney | 221 F. Supp. 2d 156 | 29 |
| 1994 | Talbott v. C.R. Bard, Inc. | 865 F. Supp. 37 | 29 |
| 2007 | US Ex Rel. Ondis v. City of Woonsocket, RI | 480 F. Supp. 2d 434 | 28 |
| 1987 | Brant Point Corp. v. Poetzsch | 671 F. Supp. 2 | 27 |
| 1990 | Sabel v. Mead Johnson & Co. | 737 F. Supp. 135 | 25 |
| 1990 | United States v. DiGiacomo | 746 F. Supp. 1176 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 225 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Mark Lawrence Wolf?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Mark Lawrence Wolf to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1985.
- Was Mark Lawrence Wolf appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mark Lawrence Wolf was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mark Lawrence Wolf's confirmation vote?
- Mark Lawrence Wolf was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Mark Lawrence Wolf on?
- Mark Lawrence Wolf was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Martha Stewart (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).